Contents include: "Technology Management: An Overview"; "Dynamics of Technology Management & Humanware"; "Linking Science & Technology with Industry"; "Technology Roadmapping for Commercializing Strategic Innovations"; "Organizational Models for Innovation: Organizational Designs that Support Strategic Innovation & Growth"; "A Framework for Strategic Innovation: Blending Strategy & Creative Exploration to Discover Future Business Opportunities"; "Technology Attributes: Effect on Successful Diffusion"; "Why Does Intellectual Property Management Matter for the Public Sector?" It also includes: "An Examination of Top Management Support of Strategic Technology Projects"; "Multinationals & the Globalizations of Technology Development: Stress Points, Misconceptions & Collaborative Competencies"; "Brahmos: Where Will it Hit?" "Managing Innovation in Organizations: A Framework for Creativity & Collaboration"; and "Technology Planning-Based Management for the Dissemination of R & D Outcome of Government Supported Research Institutes".

Now-a-days IT career is becoming more and more global in nature. There are more than a million software engineers working in the Indian IT industry who are among the high fliers these days, travelling across continents. In recent times, it has been felt that to have a successful global IT career, the skills acquired in engineering colleges are not sufficient. There are certain other skills which are essential for the software engineers to achieve success globally. This book is all about those skills.The book talks about IT management skills such as project management, program management, IT strategy, and quality management. It also covers the soft skills required for software engineers such as communication skills, presentation skills, leadership skills and listening skills. It distinguishes between a leader and a manager.The book explains the business and management concepts, which the software professionals need to be aware of, such as, basic management functions, strategic management, marketing management, new product development, knowledge management and human resource management. Also some other topics, such as, how to get into reputed business schools and what are the career alternatives for software engineers, are also dealt with in an elaborate manner.

CONTENTS: Organizational Behaviour; Seven Neurotic Styles of Management; How to Motivate Today's Worker; Who is Behaving Positively in Your Organization?; Working in Teams; Organizational Leadership that Influences; Managing Dynamics in Teams; Effectively Managing Team Conflict; Organizational Design & Implementation: Do you Need to Consider Redesigning your Organization? How do you Know?; Organizational Culture; Management Models for Resolving Conflict in the Workplace; Linking Strategy, Leadership & Organization Culture for Project Success; Managing Resistance to Change: Overcoming Resistance at the Cognitive, Emotional & Behavioral Levels; The Climate for Success; The Building Blocks of Organizational Culture- Patterns of Interaction; Freedom at Work in the Age of Post-bureaucratic Organization; Worker-Ownership as an Instrument for Solidarity & Social Change?; Growing Pains: Recognizing & Assessing the Need for Organizational Change.

The book, Software Development Teams, offers a new and unique approach to developing software project teams. It guides IT experts and managers for forming, assessing and developing successful project management teams for effective performance and productivity. Focusing on the management side of the software industry, this text-cum-reference book discusses key aspects of the management such as performance measurement, organisational structure and development, motivation of the team with awards and rewards to bring innovative ideas, and the best practices followed in the modern software industry for measuring the team effectively. The book begins with an introduction of software teams, explaining how software projects are different. It then discusses the characteristics, skills and competencies that are required for a perfect programmer or a project manager, in addition to many other dimensions of software development teams. It further includes empirical studies on team climate, team performance, team productivity and team innovation. Next, it explores the factors that are important for maintaining the software development team climate, and the impact of conflicts on teams, which may ultimately have negative impact on the organisation. Tools and techniques to measure performance of software development team are explained along with the factors that influence the teams' performance, relationship between team cohesion, productivity and finally the performance. Different types of possible innovation in software teams and organisations, innovation cycle and framework, role of top management and leadership in team management are also given due weightage.

The book offers a comprehensive review and analysis of various facets of retail communications, strategy and application. The author, with over two decades of experience in marketing, and teaching courses on retailing, provides a holistic and practical approach to the subject. The book covers a wide range of topics-from understanding why retailers need to build brands, positioning to the various communication tools available to the retailers and the need to integrate retail communication for success. It contains numerous examples from Indian retailers in the areas of retail communication and provides many caselets to stimulate the application of many of the concepts discussed in the book. The book is meant for the postgraduate students of management. Besides, it will also be useful to the students pursuing PG Diploma in Retail Communications Management/Integrated Marketing Communications.